# Documentation Nexus IQ Server 1.26

**Nexus IQ Server 1.26**

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## 10.4. Manual Application Evaluation

When you evaluate an application, IQ Server generates a report that gives you a baseline of your application’s health. Before you can initiate an evaluation, you need the following items:

- At least one organization and one application. For information on creating these entities, see the [Organziation and Application Management](https://books.sonatype.com/sonatype-clm-book/1.26/html/book/org-app-management.html "Chapter 8. Organization and Application Management") chapter.
- _View IQ Elements_ and _Evaluate Applications_ permissions for the application you wish to evaluate. For details about setting permissions, see the [Security Administration](https://books.sonatype.com/sonatype-clm-book/1.26/html/book/security.html "Chapter 7. Security Administration") chapter.

To evaluate an application:

1. Log in to IQ Server as a user assigned (at a minimum) to the Developer or Application Evaluator role for the application.
2. Click the _Organization & Policies_ icon  
    on the IQ Server toolbar.
3. Select an application in the sidebar.
4. Go to the _Actions_ menu, and click _Evaluate Binary_.
5. In the _Evaluate a Binary_ dialog, do the following:
   - Click the _Choose File_ button and then navigate to the file you want evaluated.
   - Click to select a stage to associate with the evaluation.
   - Click _Yes_ or _No_ to specify whether notifications of policy violations will be sent as defined in the policy’s configuration settings.
6. Click the _Upload_ button to begin evaluating the selected application. An _Evaluation Status_ message is displayed.
7. When the evaluation is complete, click the _View Report_ button to open the Application Composition Report for your application. See the [Application Composition Report chapter](https://books.sonatype.com/sonatype-clm-book/1.26/html/book/report.html "Chapter 12. The Application Composition Report") for more information on understanding the evaluation results.

**Figure 10.11. Evaluate a Binary**